"I don't normally change flats. I call up the car and they change it — that's how it works in road cycling," Armstrong said. "Changing a tire is the most embarrassing thing ever for me. ... I didn't want to have to be in that position, so I just put some more air in it. Then I was like, screw it, I'll just ride it home."
"It killed me," Wiens said. "This will be a memorable race for me because I was saying to myself, 'This is athletic suicide, for me to be with these guys. Why am I up here? I hope these other guys are hurting as bad. I know Lance is probably feeling pretty comfortable, but if (Sontagg) can hold this pace the entire way through then he's a superhuman guy." But I had a feeling he was going to be cooked, and he was. But he hurt all of us, except Lance, I think."
"There were probably six or seven guys on the way out, then guys just kept dropping off," Armstrong said. "So I sort of had to decide what to do: if you wait for other guys or if you just sort of go for the rest of race by yourself. It was a little risky to do that. In the end you're wasted, but I rolled the dice a little bit. Plus I was freezing. I wanted to start riding hard because I was about to freeze."
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